Trump: Iran “Could Be Taken Out” if No Deal by Tomorrow 8P ET
Laura Coates Live
CNN
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🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight, President Trump's newest Iran deadline ticks that much closer. |
| 0:07.0 | But is this one actually set in stone? |
| 0:10.4 | Plus the unbelievably brave and daring rescue of a downed airman, how the United States pulled |
| 0:16.2 | off a high-stakes mission that rescued a missing service member from the Iranian mountains. |
| 0:21.8 | And get your pink Floyd playlist ready. |
| 0:23.8 | The Artemis two astronauts get a glimpse of the dark side of the moon and a phone call |
| 0:28.4 | from a special guest. |
| 0:30.0 | Tonight on Laura Coates Live. |
| 0:37.3 | Well, my opening statement tonight, President Trump has set a deadline for Iran that's just 21 hours away. |
| 0:45.0 | Now, this one seems to be entirely self-imposed. I talked about how he's negotiating on multiple fronts with Iran, with the markets. But the negotiates that seems to matter most, at least right now, |
| 0:57.0 | is the one he seems to be having with himself, |
| 1:00.0 | because it's not at all clear which way he is going to go. |
| 1:04.0 | Whether he will attack Iranian infrastructure tomorrow night |
| 1:07.0 | if the trade of Hormuz is not reopened, |
| 1:10.0 | or if he will pull back at the last |
| 1:11.9 | minute. Now, at the White House today, he tried to occupy every position in the same news conference. |
| 1:18.0 | First, the threats. |
| 1:21.6 | The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night. |
| 1:26.9 | We're giving them, we're giving them till tomorrow, 8 o'clock, Eastern Time, and after that, |
| 1:34.7 | they're going to have no bridges, they're going to have no power plants. |
| 1:40.0 | Stone ages, yeah. |
| 1:41.8 | And then the reluctance. |
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